South Park Middle School

Set in FAIRPLAY, Colorado, South Park Middle School is a minimally staffed middle school, overseen by Park County School District No. Re-2. It caters to 87 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 462 students.

Park County School District No. Re-2 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 576 students; South Park Middle School is among them.

On demographics, South Park Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting South Park Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at South Park Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, South Park Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Park County indicate median household income runs about $103,670, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Park County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,264 students), of which South Park Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edith Teter Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Park Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. South Park Middle School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 112 (now 87). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 15% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.